Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980709084704.006d7d18@mail.ptinet.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 08:47:04 -0700
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: Todd Schlemmer <nullman@ptinet.net>
Subject: Re:[baidarka] successful trip
In-Reply-To: <199807072338.SAA25517@atlantis.nconnect.net>
I'll bet this is an OLD folbot. Preferable to the new in my book. They
had aluminum stringers and (marine?) ply ribs/bulkheads/forms around which
the stringers are bent. Skin was originally naugahyde. Actually a pretty
good imitation of sealskin, I'll bet. It never gets taut and sags enough
to give when a puncture on a sharp object might be expected. John (?) Dowd
is of the school of thought that a beamy folbot is better than one of Derek
Hutchison's narrow "canoes". They certainly carry more and are slower.
Many epic trips were made in the early folbots. Depending on shape, I'd
scoop it up. You have the Eskimo mindset (as in toolset) to fix anything
it needs.
bboT
At 06:38 PM 7/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Just got back from a fantastic trip in the BWCAW... the wood and canvas
>greenland style I finished two weeks earlier proved more than seaworthy,
>although the rocks did a number on the keel, mostly scraping the paint off;
>I wish I had installed the oak rub strips.
>
>Some advice, please, from the many knowledgeable international paddlers...
>
>As I returned today, my wife showed to me an ad in a local paper for a "17
>foot kayak (Folboat) Rigid frame, 2-ply gray vinyl coated canvas skin, 1-ply
>red vinyl coated canvas deck. Open cockpit, two seater. $300 (US dollars)
>
>I don't know alot about folboats, except that new ones seem to be $2,000 -
>$3,000 US. Tell me, guys, is this a steal? Should I postpone the mortgage
>payment this month to buy it? Or is the price about average for a used one
>(I haven't seen it yet).
>
>Don't worry, if I buy it I'll still be building... I was checking the lumber
>yards in Ely, Mn for clear spruce, but they already save the good stuff for
>the local boat builders...
>
>Rich
>
>